Secondly, you must be a good teacher. After all, someone must explain to your users the rules of conduct on the computer. In fact, this is a separate specialty - Security Awareness, user awareness. It is worth understanding that most errors are precisely user errors. They can and should be taught. And for this, you must be both a teacher and a psychologist. Because otherwise, users simply will not trust you! Remember, they do not care about the company's security, they care about their own security!
Well, and thirdly. Do you have a security guard at your school? Of course you do. He works, following instructions. So that he knows what to do in case of a fire, in case of an attack on the school. Where to take you, how to make sure that you don’t get hurt, right? And who do you think writes these instructions? That’s right! An information security officer.
- How does he know what to do?
— And this is already, fourthly. He must understand what can happen, who can be your enemy at one time or another, and therefore he must be able to both model a dangerous situation and understand who or what can be the source of danger, and also understand how likely it is that a particular situation will occur and how to reduce its probability. Tell me, is an earthquake a danger?
- Yes!
- No!
- Right! So we can ignore this situation. But could there be a fire?
- Maybe!
— And if we install a fire alarm and fire israel mobile database system, will we reduce this probability?
- Certainly!
- You see, so the probability can and should be reduced! In general, there are many specializations. Here is another example. If we install antivirus protection, we cannot be attacked by viruses?
- Yes!
- No! Wrong. We will only reduce the probability of infection. But, alas, it is possible to attack us. It's just that the criminal needs more time and resources to do so.
In general, you can talk about this specialty for hours and still have something new every time. So an information security officer needs to study! Always. And this is the main thing you should remember! After all, in addition to everything, he needs a lot of specific knowledge. Cryptography, technical protection, software and hardware protection and much, much more.